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The Average Car In The U.S. Is 11.5 Years Old

NPR

Published August 3, 2015 at 1:52 PM EDT

A 2004 Toyota Camry ranked no. 3 for best-selling vehicle in 2004, and the Toyota Camry is still America's best-selling car. (long-mai/Flickr)

A new automotive survey from the research organization IHS says that the the average car on the road is 11.5 years old. But automotive sales numbers for July are higher than estimates and some car makers are beating their sales from last year.

Is the auto industry contradicting itself?

Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Paul Eisenstein, publisher of The Detroit Bureau, an online automotive publication to talk about the aging U.S. automobile.

Guest

Paul Eisenstein, publisher of The Detroit Bureau, an online automotive publication. He tweets @DetroitBureau.